Z-Beamlet: A multikilojoule, terawatt-class laser system

Applied Optics

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2421-2430

  Rambo, Patrick K ^a,b,c   Smith, Ian C ^a   Porter Jr , John L ^a   Hurst, Michael J ^a   Speas, C Shane ^a   Adams, Richard G ^a   Garcia, Antonio J ^a   Dawson, Ellis ^a   Thurston, Benjamin D ^a   Wakefield, Colleen ^a   Kellogg, Jeff W ^a   Slattery, Michael J ^a   Ives III, Harry C ^a   Broyles, Robin S ^b   Caird, John A ^c   Erlandson, Alvin C ^c   Murray, James E ^c   Behrendt, William C ^c   Neilsen, Norman D ^c   Narduzzi, Joseph M ^c  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b KTECH CORPORATION   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER DAMAGE; LASER OPTICS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OSCILLATORS (MECHANICAL); RADIOGRAPHY; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL); X RAY ANALYSIS;

FREQUENCY CONVERSION; LASER SYSTEMS; MULTIPASS AMPLIFIERS; Z-BEAMLET;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 20244379573     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.44.002421     Document Type: Article

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